The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
Household Hiuts.

A lump of soda laid upon the drain pipa
down which waste water passes will pre-
vent the clogging OF the pipe with grease,
especially if the pipe be flooded every week
with boiling water.
Delicate Pie-Whites OF two eggs, four
tablespoonfuls of cream, one large sp )On
full of flour, one cupfui OF white sugar, one
cupful OF cold water haVor with lemon.
Line pie plate with pastry, pour in the
mixture and bake at once.
Lemon Marmalade-Take lemons, peel
and extract the seed; boil the lemons until
soft; add the juice aud pulp, with a pound
of sugar to pound of lemon; boil to
tbicken.
Graham Pudding-Two cupfuls of Ora
ham flour, one cupful OF molasses, one
oupful of sweet milk, one cupful of
chopped raisins, two teaspoonfuls of sods.
Steam three hours.
Sponge Cake-0ne cupful of sugar and
three eggs; beat well, add one cupful of
-four and one teaspoonful of baking pow.
der; mix we'll and bake.
Wash your 6at-irons in soapsuds aud
| dry thoroughly, If they at ell trouble YOU
by dropping black specks
Coffee Cake-One cupful of sugar, one
! cupiul of melted butter, one cupful OF New
| Orleans molssses, one cupful of strong
| coffee, one egg, one teaspoonful of baking
| powder, one teaspoonful of ground cloves,
one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon,
| oDe-hslf pound esch of rasins and currants
four cupfuls Of sifted -four.
Molssses Cookies One cupful of butter
| two cupfuls of molasses, one teaspoonful
| of clover, one tablespoonful of ginger,
sufficient -four to make stiff batter, not
| dough. Mold with the hands into small
cakes and bake in a steady rather than
| MI oh fhaU onf IN
Cookies-Two eggs, one and one-half
| teAcupfuls OF sugar, one cupful of butter
one-half cupful of sweet milk, two tea
spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one teaspoon
| full OF soda, nutmeg to taste. Mix iD
enough flour 10 roll, cut into round cakes
and bake In quick oven.
Washington Cake.-OBe pound of brown
sugar, one pound of -four, one-half pound
Of butter, two pounds of stoned rasins,
four eggs, two teaspoonfuls OF soda dis
solved in half cup of hot water, one half
pint of molasses and two grated nutmegs.
Loaf Cake.-A very nice loaf cake is m lde
of one-halt cupful of butter one aud a nalf
cupfuls OF sugar, one of sweet milk, two of
flour, two teaspoOufuls of baking powder
and the whites of four eggs Flavor With
rose of almond.
Boiled potatoes ought to be laid out on
plate, and are then as good for frying or
MASKING as If freshly cooked. II left heaped
up they will often spoil in one night.
Salmon salad-To a can OF salmon take
eight or ten stalks of celery; cut the celery
into small pieces and mix with the sal
men, which should also be picked into
small bits; sprinkle oyer little salt and a
very little pepper. and pour on some good
vinegar. A small onion may be ad led if
desired.
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one pint of warm milk, one cup of sugar,
one.halt cup OF yeast, little salt, and set q
sponge, make it rather thick. At night
add one cup of sugar, one-half cup of lard
and two eggs, knead up and let stand until
morning. Then roll out thin, cut round
and let stand on the molding board till
night, Fry in hot lard.
Dressed Tongue-Take a corned tongue
and boil tender; split it, put in a few
cloves cut one onion. little thyme, add
some Drowned -four. Have the tongue Gov
cred with water. in which mix the ingred
tents, add three hard boiled eggs chopped
fine ard send to the table garnished with
hard boiled eggs.
Potato Salad.-Rub dIsh with shallot
arrange upon ii some cold boiled potatoes
cut in slices; beat together three parts OF
oil and one part, more or less, according
to the strength OF it, of tarrsgon vinegar,
| with pepper and salt 10 taste. Four thus
over the potatoes,r and strew over all 8
small quantity of any of the following
Powdered sweet herbs parsely, cherviI,
Spanish onions, boiled beets capers, or q
combination of them all, finely chopped.
Citron Preserves.-Take a citron and
sugar. equal weight, put the citron in 8
kettle OF stew pan, boil until tender, then
put in a colander to drain then take tbs
water, put it in kettle with the sugar
and boil and skim until clear then put in
the citTon. boil until well done, flavor with
lemon IL desired
Apple Fool,-Peel, core and thinly slice
some apples of kind that will cook to q
soft pulp; put them In stone Jar, with
sufficient white sugar to sweeten, and two
tablespoonfuls of water. Place the jar IN
a saucepan of hot water and boil until the
apples are very soft. Then turn the ap
Piles out of the jar into q bowl and beat
them into q smooth pulp. Let it stand tC
get quite cold, and then mix sufficient
with IL to make IL the right consistency,
or some custard not favored. Put in Gus
taTd glasses or In glass dish and CRATE
little nutmeg over it. The natural flsyol
of the apples is most delicate In this dish
and therefore any favoring but the small
est soupcon of nutmeg spoils 1t.
White Cske.-One cup of sugar, half
cup of butter. one cup OF sweet milk. one